Lauren Grodstein is the author of a collection of stories, The Best of Animals, and a novel, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love. She currently teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.
Two years ago this week, my little sister announced she was pregnant. I responded with…
Often, I find myself sneering at Christians in a way that would be completely intolerable…
In France, they called me Monica—and boy, was that the joke that wouldn’t quit. They…